Printing from Linux to Win2k-hosted printer

Vaughn Treude vltreude at deru.com
Mon Oct 2 13:15:22 MST 2006


On Mon, 2006-10-02 at 12:32, David Bendit wrote:
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> If you need to provide a username and/or password to CUPS, or any
> networked utility for that matter, try using this formula:
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> [protocol]://[username][:[password]]@[host]/[service]
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> So, for your use, try:

> smb://Guest@Sparky/6200
> 
> Or something similar in your CUPS config.
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> - -David
> 

David,
Thanks, that worked!
Vaughn

> Vaughn Treude wrote:
> > Hello everyone:
> > I'm having a bit of trouble figuring this one out, so I'd appreciate a
> > little assistance.  I have an HP 6200 printer which is hosted by a
> > Windows 2000 box named "Sparky" (named after one of my dogs, not because
> > of any hardware problems. :-) )  Previously the 6200 was hosted by a
> > Windows 98 box.  On my CentOS box, I configured the 6200 as a network
> > printer in CUPS, and I had no problem printing to it.  But the Windows
> > 98 box seemed to crash every 4 hours or so, so I've moved it to Sparky,
> > which is quite stable.  The trouble is, Win2K wants a username and
> > password in order to allow someone to print, and I can't seem to disable
> > this feature.  From my wife's XP machine, I can print, providing I first
> > use File Explorer to log in to Sparky over the network.  
> > 
> > Now the CentOS box SEES Sparky and thinks it's printing to it, but
> > nothing ever gets into the 6200's queue.  I assume this is because the
> > CentOS box doesn't have permission, even though I've gone into Win2K
> > admin and given access to Everyone and Guest.  I think it at least wants
> > CentOS to go through the motions and log in as SOMETHING.  How can I
> > configure CUPS to make it do that?  BTW, I'm not moving the 6200 to
> > Linux anytime in the near future because (a) It already works with my
> > Windows machine (b) Some of the 6200's features are not available under
> > Linuxa, and (c) I need the Win 2K box anyway for other reasons.
> > 
> > I've googled around for this (oh no!  I said "googled"!  call the
> > lawyers!  :-)  ) and I can only find solutions for getting Windows to
> > recognized Linux-hosted Samba share printers, not the other way around.
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > 
> > Vaughn
> > 
> > 
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